[7][8][9] The airport lies adjacent to the unique landscape of Dungeness, a cuspate foreland that is one of the largest expanses of shingle beach in Europe and which is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife, a fact that is recognised by its designations as a national nature reserve, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation and part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest of Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay.

The new Lydd Ferryfield was, like Lympne, used initially for car carrying air ferry services using Bristol Freighters, operating principally to Le Touquet in France.

The airlines used Bristol Freighters, Superfreighters and Aviation Traders Carvair aircraft on their car-carrying routes from Lydd.

Initially this was claimed as the first electric aircraft to cross the English Channel, but it has since been pointed out that there were previous such flights, including one as long ago as 1981.

[13][14][15][16] The airport features at the end of the 1961 Hammer film A Weekend with Lulu, starring Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Irene Handl and Shirley Eaton.

The Airport is featured on 007's Aston Martin DB5's radar screen as he tracks Goldfinger arriving in the UK aboard an Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair, a 1960s British cargo transport aircraft.

[18] Since November 2018, after LyddAir ceased its sole route to Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport, there are no scheduled services.